ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES


To become a voting member, member must have raced an AA/Supercharged Car in the past three (3) years, must currently own a AA/Supercharged Car and is required to be a current paid number. A new member is required to wait for one year before being eligible to vote. New members must be voted in and conversely a member can also be voted out. Membership dues to be $400.00 per year. If dues are paid before the last day of the first month of each year, a $50.00 discount (off the $400.00) will be given. Members joining after first race of the year will not be eligible for the additional AA/S Association Purse Funds until the second race they enter. They will be eligible for the track purse as provided by the Association.

The AA/Supercharged Association holds a year end meeting once a year. A Board of Directors and the Appearance Committee Members are voted in each year. If Eighty percent of the voting members are not in attendance, a voting ballot will be mailed out. In order to add or change a rule, an eighty percent vote in favor or against is required to pass. No proxy votes are allowed.

If available a tech inspector should be appointed by the board for enforcement of all published rules. 

Rules changes can only occur at the annual meeting. Added January 21; An emergency meeting can now be held during the year if 80% of the membership is present.

The AA/Supercharged Association is run by a three member board of directors. A three member AA/Supercharged Appearance Committee is available to answer questions concerning these rules.

AA/ Supercharged Eliminations are run on an eight car sportsman ladder. 1 vs.5, 2 vs.6, 3 vs.7, 4 vs.8. If one of the eight cars doesn’t qualify it will be placed in the number 8 position on the ladder. If a qualified car cannot make the call for first round, the first available non-qualified car, based on the final qualifying order, will take that position and the ladder will remain in the same order. All pairings will be as shown on the ladder, first pair runs first etc. This is done to simplify the running order so that all racers will know were to place their cars in the staging lanes. The association can allow up to 4 illegal cars to participate if the car count is low. 

Non-qualifier money when available should be ½ of the first round payout money.  First round money should be $800.00 as a goal. 

Championship Points System

Qualifying Points:  #1-80 Points, #2-70 Points, #3-60 Points, #4-50 Points, #5-40 Points, #6-30 Points, #7-20 Points, #8-10 Points

100 Points for each event attended

900 Points for a Win, 700 Points for Runner-up, 500 Points for Second Round Finish, 300 Points for a First Round Loss

471 Bonus Points for Attending all Events       



2012 AA/SUPERCHARGED ASSOCIATION PROPOSED RULES

The following rules are proposed to you, the car owner and driver. You can accept them and race with this association or you can reject them and not race with this association.

1. Body: Must be pre-1954, no roadsters allowed. No scaled down cars allowed. No sports cars allowed. Bodies may be fiberglass, steel, or aluminum. Trunk lids and rear body section must stay in the original O.E.M. height position. Full body (side profile) line adjacent to the trunk must be visible. Minor body modifications allowed; check with appearance committee before modifying. Rear fenders cannot be raised above body profile. If the trunk lid were removed and a straight edge placed across the opening, the rear fenders cannot be raised any higher than the straight edge. Windshield lay back must be approved by the appearance committee. All cars must have original grille, headlights and tail lights. Headlights and grill may be painted on, but must appear stock. Main body cannot be narrowed. Air dams to be reviewed by appearance committee.

For a 49’ to 52’ Chevy body modifications:  The roof can be chopped 2”.  The rear fenders can be raised 2 ½”.  The rear fenders must remain on the same OEM angle to the body.  The roof cannot be shorter than the OEM length.  The bottom of the windshield and the bottom of the rear window must remain in the OEM location.  Deck spoilers are not allowed.  Detached wing only.  Wheelbase must remain +/- 0.5” of the original OEM wheelbase. 

For a 49’ to 52’ Ford body modifications:  The roof can be chopped 2”.  The bottom of the windshield and the bottom of the rear window must remain in the OEM location. The roof cannot be shorter than the OEM length.   Deck spoilers are not allowed.  Detached wing only.  Wheelbase must remain +/- 0.5” of the original OEM wheelbase. 

2. Engine: Aluminum blocks and heads allowed. Only one ignition system allowed. Only blown alcohol motors allowed. 

3. Ignition System: No digital ignition systems allowed, no timing changing devices allowed.  Only one engine RPM rev limiter allowed for engine over rev only. An ignition system consists of individual components not exceeding one of each of the following:  Magneto, Coil, Points Box and Crank Trigger. No timing change can occur after the car is started, excluding the Leahy starting retard device, that can be only actuated by the starter button and be used for starting purposes only.   

4. Clutch: Clutch can only be operated by driver. No pneumatic, hydraulic, electronic or other semi-automatic or full automatic controls allowed.


5. Windows: Should be made of lexan. Door windows must close.

6. Fenders: Front and rear required. No radical modifications for aerodynamic purposes allowed.

7. Interior: Not required. Nomex recommended.

8. Driver: Must sit on left side of car.

9. Supercharger: Roots type only, no hi-helix, 671 in size, fifteen inch rotor length maximum, 65% maximum overdrive. Internal case length dimensions not to exceed fifteen and twenty thousands inches. No openings allowed in rear end plate. End plate not to exceed twenty thousandths inches clearance to the end of the rotor Diameter of case not to exceed stock case dimension. Rear end plate must be flat, no grooves, pockets or angle cuts. 5.845 inches maximum rotor diameter, maximum case length 18.25 inches, no billet cases.  , end plates must extend into the blower case to meet the required inside case length dimension. Teflon striping allowed in end plates. Blower must be driven from front, with drive gears located in front of rotors. No gears allowed behind rotors. Intake air allowed only through top of blower. Discharge air only allowed through bottom of blower.  No attachments to the blower. 

10. Fuel: Alcohol only. No timers on fuel system. Only one manually controlled solenoid will be allowed in the fuel system.

11. Transmission: Lenco and planetary type transmissions only allowed. Non-lock up converter cars will be allowed a one hundred pound weight break.   Number of forward speeds not to exceed four.

12. Frame and Weight: 2350 minimum. 200 pounds removable allowed. 5.5 pounds per cubic inch required. All weights will be with driver. Full frame required as per NHRA requirements. Suspension required on all four wheels. Engine set back limited to 15% of the wheel base. If two-thirds of the voting members believe a car to be aerodynamically superior, then the Association will have an aerodynamic report done and the weight added, if any, will be based on the recommendations of said report. 

13. Wheelbase: If a car has less than a 110-inch wheelbase, it may be extended to 110 inches. If the O.E.M. car has a wheelbase greater than 111.5-inches, it may be extended to 115.5 inches. Stock O.E.M. openings must remain in their original location in cars that have a wheelbase greater than 115.5 inches. The stock O.E.M. openings can never be moved closer to each other.

14. Wings: Maximum wing surface not to exceed 750 square inches. Location: the trailing edge of the wing cannot be greater than 12 inches behind the rear of the body. The wing cannot be higher than 12 inches above the roof. Sedan type cars will be considered on an individual basis. Ask the appearance committee.

15. Spoilers: Spoilers cannot exceed 2750 square inches. (G.G rule) Spoiler can extend a maximum of 12 inches behind the body. Spoiler mountings must be 3.5 (three and one-half) inches narrower than body. Spill plates which rise above the spoiler surface can be as wide as the body. Full body line (side profile) adjacent to the trunk must be visible from the side and rear of car. Spoiler must start behind front trunk edge and may not raise higher than front trunk edge elevation. Rear of trunk must be visible. Contact the appearance committee for assistance.

16. Appearance Committee: Will be formed by three members of our association. The committee will give their opinion, when asked about a particular aspect of a car. The committee will include members from two states, when possible. This committee is an advisory committee, to help a potential car builder to interpret the rules and learn how his fellow racers feel about how a car should look.

17. All Rule Changes must be passed by a eighty percent majority.

18. Reinsertion will happen when a qualified car cannot pull to the starting line for the first round of eliminations. The reinserted car will receive money and points after the first round. If insertion takes place after the first round, the inserted car will be paid $200, if the funds are available, for the run. The inserted car cannot win the round. The inserted car will automatically lose. Insertion after the first round is for exhibition only.

19. Bodies may be widened up to six inches, with the approval of the appearance committee.

20. No painted on windows allowed.

21. No blower starters allowed.

22. Both front passenger doors must function and the driver must enter and exit the car through one of these doors in the staging lanes or at the starting line.

Note: All proposed rules are passed and approved by a eighty percent majority of the voting membership. This association is governed by the voting members. One meeting is held each year at the end of the year. At this meeting, all the members discuss what needs to be changed for the coming year and the members eligible to vote, vote in, by written ballot, any new proposed rules.

23. Conduct of all AA/Supercharged Members, Member Crew, Family and Guest:

A racer is not required to be a AA/Supercharged Member to participate in the AA/Supercharged Class. Non-members are paid the track purse, which is posted prior to the event, for the position they finish.  The AA/Supercharged Association is required to follow all NHRA Safety Rules. The following procedure will be followed in the event a Member violates Rule 19.3.1 of the NHRA rules:

The racetracks we participate at are the sole judges of the conduct of our Members, Member's Crew, Family and Guests. If the Board of Directors is reprimanded or warned for the conduct of one of its Members, member's crew, family or guests, they are hereby instructed to give a written warning to the member who causes the violation of NHRA Rule 19.3.1. If a second reprimand or warning is given within a three year period, concerning one of our members, to one of our Board Members, by any of the race tracks we attend, then the AA/Supercharged Membership commands the Board of Directors to send out to the AA/Supercharged Membership a ballot for the Membership to decide whether or not the member should be voted out of the Association for violation of NHRA Rule 19.3.1.

24. If a racer attends a race with an illegal car after his or her 1 year grace period was used to fix a rules violation, said racer will not receive any purse money for that race. Purse money will be equally distributed to the other 7 qualified cars.  Said illegal car cannot race again until fixed and approved by the appearance committee.  

25. Updated January 21, 2012.  Allow an air activated (launch only) throttle control, activated by an electric trans brake button only.

26.  Manifold – Must be a single plenum with no extra devices and 8 runners

27. Updated January 21, 2012. 1954 thru 1957 Bodies are allowed with no body modification, subject to appearance committee approval.


28. Updated January 21, 2012. An emergency meeting can be held during the calender year, if 80% of the membership votes.

 

A/SUPERCHARGED RULES


(8-Car AA/Supercharged field must be filled before A/Supercharged class can be run. Two cars required)

All AA/Supercharged Association rules will be the same for A/Supercharged with the following additions:

1. This class will be fielded by the first four cars eliminated in the first round of AA/Supercharged Eliminations and any non-qualifiers. The A/Supercharged Eliminator will run first round of eliminations behind the second round of AA/Supercharged. If the final A/Supercharged round cannot be completed at the race, it will be completed in the second qualifier at the next race.

2. This class is restricted by a index. The current index is 7.20 e.t. If all A/Supercharged Drivers agree prior to first round of A/Supercharged eliminations, the index can be changed or eliminated prior to the start of competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES

To become a voting member, member must have raced an AA/Supercharged Car in the past three (3) years, must currently own a AA/Supercharged Car and is required to be a current paid number. A new member is required to wait for one year before being eligible to vote. New members must be voted in and conversely a member can also be voted out. Membership dues to be $400.00 per year. If dues are paid before the last day of the first month of each year, a $50.00 discount (off the $400.00) will be given. Members joining after first race of the year will not be eligible for the additional AA/S Association Purse Funds until the second race they enter. They will be eligible for the track purse as provided by the Association.

The AA/Supercharged Association holds a year end meeting once a year. A Board of Directors and the Appearance Committee Members are voted in each year. If Eighty percent of the voting members are not in attendance, a voting ballot will be mailed out. In order to add or change a rule, an eighty percent vote in favor or against is required to pass. No proxy votes are allowed.

If available a tech inspector should be appointed by the board for enforcement of all published rules.

Rules changes can only occur at the annual meeting.

The AA/Supercharged Association is run by a three member board of directors. A three member AA/Supercharged Appearance Committee is available to answer questions concerning these rules.

AA/ Supercharged Eliminations are run on an eight car sportsman ladder. 1 vs.5, 2 vs.6, 3 vs.7, 4 vs.8. If one of the eight cars doesn't qualify it will be placed in the number 8 position on the ladder. If a qualified car cannot make the call for first round, the first available non-qualified car, based on the final qualifying order, will take that position and the ladder will remain in the same order. All pairings will be as shown on the ladder, first pair runs first etc. This is done to simplify the running order so that all racers will know were to place their cars in the staging lanes. The association can allow up to 4 illegal cars to participate if the car count is low.

Non-qualifier money when available should be ½ of the first round payout money. First round money should be $800.00 as a goal.

Championship Points System

Qualifying Points: #1-80 Points, #2-70 Points, #3-60 Points, #4-50 Points, #5-40 Points, #6-30 Points, #7-20 Points, #8-10 Points

100 Points for each event attended

900 Points for a Win, 700 Points for Runner-up, 500 Points for Second Round Finish, 300 Points for a First Round Loss

471 Bonus Points for Attending all Events

2011 AA/SUPERCHARGED ASSOCIATION PROPOSED RULES

The following rules are proposed to you, the car owner and driver. You can accept them and race with this association or you can reject them and not race with this association.

1. Body: Must be pre-1954, no roadsters allowed. No scaled down cars allowed. No sports cars allowed. Bodies may be fiberglass, steel, or aluminum. Trunk lids and rear body section must stay in the original O.E.M. height position. Full body (side profile) line adjacent to the trunk must be visible. Minor body modifications allowed; check with appearance committee before modifying. Rear fenders cannot be raised above body profile. If the trunk lid were removed and a straight edge placed across the opening, the rear fenders cannot be raised any higher than the straight edge. Windshield lay back must be approved by the appearance committee. All cars must have original grille, headlights and tail lights. Headlights and grill may be painted on, but must appear stock. Main body cannot be narrowed. Air dams to be reviewed by appearance committee.

For a 49' to 52' Chevy body modifications: The roof can be chopped 2". The rear fenders can be raised 2 ½". The rear fenders must remain on the same OEM angle to the body. The roof cannot be shorter than the OEM length. The bottom of the windshield and the bottom of the rear window must remain in the OEM location. Deck spoilers are not allowed. Detached wing only. Wheelbase must remain +/- 0.5" of the original OEM wheelbase.

For a 49' to 52' Ford body modifications: The roof can be chopped 2". The bottom of the windshield and the bottom of the rear window must remain in the OEM location. The roof cannot be shorter than the OEM length. Deck spoilers are not allowed. Detached wing only. Wheelbase must remain +/- 0.5" of the original OEM wheelbase.

2. Engine: Aluminum blocks and heads allowed. Only one ignition system allowed. Only blown alcohol motors allowed.

3. Ignition System: No digital ignition systems allowed, no timing changing devices allowed. Only one engine RPM rev limiter allowed. An ignition system consists of individual components not exceeding one of each of the following: Magneto, Coil, Points Box and Crank Trigger. No timing change can occur after the car is started, excluding the Leahy starting retard device, than can be only actuated by the starter button and be used for starting purposes only.

4. Clutch: Clutch can only be operated by driver. No pneumatic, hydraulic, electronic or other semi-automatic or full automatic controls allowed.

5. Windows: Should be made of lexan. Door windows must close.

6. Fenders: Front and rear required. No radical modifications for aerodynamic purposes allowed.

7. Interior: Not required. Nomex recommended.

8. Driver: Must sit on left side of car.

9. Supercharger: Roots type only, no hy-helix, 671 in size, fifteen inch rotor length maximum, 65% maximum overdrive. Internal case length dimensions not to exceed fifteen and twenty thousands inches. No openings allowed in rear end plate. End plate not to exceed twenty thousandths inches clearance to the end of the rotor Diameter of case not to exceed stock case dimension. Rear end plate must be flat, no grooves, pockets or angle cuts. 5.845 inches maximum rotor diameter, maximum case length 18.25 inches, no billet cases. , end plates must extend into the blower case to meet the required inside case length dimension. Teflon striping allowed in end plates. Blower must be driven from front, with drive gears located in front of rotors. No gears allowed behind rotors. Intake air allowed only through top of blower. Discharge air only allowed through bottom of blower. No attachments to the blower.

10. Fuel: Alcohol only. No timers on fuel system. Only one manually controlled solenoid will be allowed in the fuel system.

11. Transmission: Lenco and planetary type transmissions only allowed. Non-lock up converter cars will be allowed a one hundred pound weight break. Number of forward speeds not to exceed four.

12. Frame and Weight: 2350 minimum. 200 pounds removable allowed. 5.5 pounds per cubic inch required. All weights will be with driver. Full frame required as per NHRA requirements. Suspension required on all four wheels. Engine set back limited to 15% of the wheel base. If two-thirds of the voting members believe a car to be aerodynamically superior, then the Association will have an aerodynamic report done and the weight added, if any, will be based on the recommendations of said report.

13. Wheelbase: If a car has less than a 110-inch wheelbase, it may be extended to 110 inches. If the O.E.M. car has a wheelbase greater than 111.5-inches, it may be extended to 115.5 inches. Stock O.E.M. openings must remain in their original location in cars that have a wheelbase greater than 115.5 inches. The stock O.E.M. openings can never be moved closer to each other.

14. Wings: Maximum wing surface not to exceed 750 square inches. Location: the trailing edge of the wing cannot be greater than 12 inches behind the rear of the body. The wing cannot be higher than 12 inches above the roof. Sedan type cars will be considered on an individual basis. Ask the appearance committee.

15. Spoilers: Spoilers cannot exceed 2750 square inches. (G.G rule) Spoiler can extend a maximum of 12 inches behind the body. Spoiler mountings must be 3.5 (three and one-half) inches narrower than body. Spill plates which rise above the spoiler surface can be as wide as the body. Full body line (side profile) adjacent to the trunk must be visible from the side and rear of car. Spoiler must start behind front trunk edge and may not raise higher than front trunk edge elevation. Rear of trunk must be visible. Contact the appearance committee for assistance.

16. Appearance Committee: Will be formed by three members of our association. The committee will give their opinion, when asked about a particular aspect of a car. The committee will include members from two states, when possible. This committee is an advisory committee, to help a potential car builder to interpret the rules and learn how his fellow racers feel about how a car should look.

17. All Rule Changes must be passed by a eighty percent majority.

18. Reinsertion will happen when a qualified car cannot pull to the starting line for the first round of eliminations. The reinserted car will receive money and points after the first round. If insertion takes place after the first round, the inserted car will be paid $200, if the funds are available, for the run. The inserted car cannot win the round. The inserted car will automatically lose. Insertion after the first round is for exhibition only.

19. Bodies may be widened up to six inches, with the approval of the appearance committee.

20. No painted on windows allowed.

21. No blower starters allowed.

22. Both front passenger doors must function and the driver must enter and exit the car through one of these doors in the staging lanes or at the starting line.

23. Air Activated Throttle Control Allowed.

24. Manifold – Must be a single plenum with no extra devices and 8 runners

Note: All proposed rules are passed and approved by a eighty percent majority of the voting membership. This association is governed by the voting members. One meeting is held each year at the end of the year. At this meeting, all the members discuss what needs to be changed for the coming year and the members eligible to vote, vote in, by written ballot, any new proposed rules.

25. Conduct of all AA/Supercharged Members, Member Crew, Family and Guest:

A racer is not required to be a AA/Supercharged Member to participate in the AA/Supercharged Class. Non-members are paid the track purse, which is posted prior to the event, for the position they finish. The AA/Supercharged Association is required to follow all NHRA Safety Rules. The following procedure will be followed in the event a Member violates Rule 19.3.1 of the NHRA rules:

The racetracks we participate at are the sole judges of the conduct of our Members, Member's Crew, Family and Guests. If the Board of Directors is reprimanded or warned for the conduct of one of its Members, member's crew, family or guests, they are hereby instructed to give a written warning to the member who causes the violation of NHRA Rule 19.3.1. If a second reprimand or warning is given within a three year period, concerning one of our members, to one of our Board Members, by any of the race tracks we attend, then the AA/Supercharged Membership commands the Board of Directors to send out to the AA/Supercharged Membership a ballot for the Membership to decide whether or not the member should be voted out of the Association for violation of NHRA Rule 19.3.1.

26. If a racer attends a race with an illegal car after his or her 1 year grace period was used to fix a rules violation, said racer will not receive any purse money for that race. Purse money will be equally distributed to the other 7 qualified cars. Said illegal car cannot race again until fixed and approved by the appearance committee.

A/SUPERCHARGED RULES

(8-Car AA/Supercharged field must be filled before A/Supercharged class can be run. Two cars required)

All AA/Supercharged Association rules will be the same for A/Supercharged with the following additions:

1. This class will be fielded by the first four cars eliminated in the first round of AA/Supercharged Eliminations and any non-qualifiers. The A/Supercharged Eliminator will run first round of eliminations behind the second round of AA/Supercharged. If the final A/Supercharged round cannot be completed at the race, it will be completed in the second qualifier at the next race.

2. This class is restricted by a index. The current index is 7.20 e.t. If all A/Supercharged Drivers agree prior to first round of A/Supercharged eliminations, the index can be changed or eliminated prior to the start of competition.